Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

Original title: Joshû 701-gô: Sasori

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7.2/10

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Meiko Kaji in Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

Prison Drama Crime Drama Thriller

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

5.1K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Japanese director Sion Sono references this series in many of his movies: Lady Scorpion from Love Exposure (2008), art-house horror elements in Exte: Hair Extensions (2007): hair extensions and revenge sexual torture in Guilty of Romance (2011).

Goofs
Quite a few of the strikes in torture, attack and fight sequences obviously didn't actually make contact with the victim. One of the worst is when an inmate causes "blood" to gush from a guard's head when the shovel blade she swung at him missed by at least 6 inches.

Quotes
Nami Matsushima: To be deceived is a woman's crime.

Connections
Edited into S/s/s: Beyond Any Doubt (2012)

Soundtracks
Urami Bushi
Sung by Meiko Kaji

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Featured review

8/10

Her Song Of Vengeance

Some films, while not entirely believable are still able to pull you into them and make you invest your interest and full attention in them nonetheless. This is such a film. While it's not entirely believable, to me it's a film that is still extremely interesting and enjoyable. Of it's subject matter, this may truly be the best film of it's kind. Even with it's age and fairly low budget, somehow it still comes across to me as very poetic. Violent poetry no less, but there's certainly much more to it than just violence. This film inspired at least 6 sequels I believe, and it has been an inspiration for many remakes and imitators too. The Kill Bill films are two of them at least to some degree, they certainly draw inspiration from it at least. This is overall quite an amazing little film. It's brutal, yet still somehow it is also quite beautiful. These are not easy things to balance in the art of filmmaking, but here it is on wonderful display.

8.5/10.